Analysis of The Swallow Leaves Her Nest

Thomas Lovell Beddoes 1803 (Clifton, Bristol) – 1849 (Basel)



THE swallow leaves her nest,
The soul my weary breast;
But therefore let the rain
On my grave
Fall pure; for why complain?
Since both will come again
O'er the wave.

The wind dead leaves and snow
Doth hurry to and fro;
And, once, a day shall break
O'er the wave,
When a storm of ghosts shall shake
The dead, until they wake
In the grave.


Scheme aabcbxC ddeCeec
Poetic Form
Metre 010101 011101 11101 111 111101 111101 1001 011101 110101 010111 1001 1011111 010111 001
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 333
Words 68
Sentences 4
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 7, 7
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 18
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 129
Words per stanza (avg) 33
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 23, 2023

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Thomas Lovell Beddoes

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